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About Badala Pukhta Village

Badala Pukhta is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 512, made up of 258 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badala Pukhta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badala Pukhta village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144202
Area (hectares) 128 hectares
Population 512
Male Population 258
Female Population 254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 984
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Badala Pukhta compares

By the 2011 count Badala Pukhta is the 210th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 128 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Badala Pukhta

Badala Pukhta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badala Pukhta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badala Pukhta from other places

Badala Pukhta lies about 20 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Sanaura, about 7.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Badala Pukhta
Nearest railway station Sanaura 7.6 km
Nearest town Urmar 12 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 25 km

Villages closest to Badala Pukhta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dasua tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Badala Pukhta

As per the Census of India 2011, Badala Pukhta village had a population of 512. That makes it the 210th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Badala Pukhta village has 258 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badala Pukhta has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Badala Pukhta is 144202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badala Pukhta covers 128 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badala Pukhta falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Badala Pukhta is Sanaura, about 7.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Badala Pukhta.

Badala Pukhta is about 20 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badala Pukhta is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Sanaura is about 7.6 km away. Urmar is about 12 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhaj (under 2 km), Muradpur Narial (1.5 km) and Nangal Jamal (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Badala Pukhta today is likely to be higher.

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